Apple Tablet Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

And the winner for the first tablet software announcement is...

by Steven Sande (Jan 26th, 2010)

It had to happen. Somebody had to be the first to announce software for a still-nonexistent piece of hardware. A lot of us in the business of reporting Apple news and rumors were waiting for the shoe to drop on tablet-related software announcements. Sure enough, developer Ben Gottlieb has taken ...

The MacView: An incredibly well-done concept tablet

by Steven Sande (Jan 24th, 2010)

Here at TUAW, we've been treated to so many concept drawings and fake photoshopped tablets over the past several months that we've become somewhat jaded about them. However, Polish designer Patrycjucz Brzezinski's concept for an Apple tablet, named the MacView, is so well done that it deserves ...

Tablet analysis and opinion: What TUAW has put on the table

by Erica Sadun (Jan 22nd, 2010)

In light of the current tablet frenzy, TUAW is not alone shouting "Tablet, Tablet!" from the rooftops. The tablet has been a widespread and consistent story from several directions which we have been compiling and discussing. Over the last few weeks, TUAW has depended on multiple background sources ...

Publishing different: What the tablet brings to the table

by Erica Sadun (Jan 21st, 2010)

Like newspapers before them, traditional book publishers are facing the reality of the new digital world. With Apple's much anticipated tablet expected to debut within the next few months, they're under more pressure than ever before to "Think Different". Moving from print to digital isn't a smooth ...

Amazon reacts to not yet here Apple tablet with SDK for Kindle

by Mel Martin (Jan 21st, 2010)

Maybe it was inevitable. Amazon today announced a Kindle Development Kit which allows software developers to build "active content" for Kindle readers.The kit gives developers access to programming interfaces, tools, and the needed documentation to create content. The kit also includes a Kindle ...

Pricing the tablet: How high can they go?

by Erica Sadun (Jan 21st, 2010)

With the Apple tablet due to be announced next Wednesday, we've been seeing a lot of possible price points thrown around. Will the tablet retail for $999? Or is a $699 or $799 unit in the cards? It's really hard to say because as with all retail, both price and value depend a good deal on supply and ...

Take two tablets and call us in the morning

by Erica Sadun (Jan 18th, 2010)

Speaking of thin support & quite amusing -- It's not much to go on with respect to a name, but as suggested by reader Nicholas, we did take a closer look at Apple's invitation copy. "Apple's latest creation," without the spaces, becomes "Appleslatestcreation," which of course does contain the ...

Zaprudering the invite: Obsessive fun with TUAW

by Erica Sadun (Jan 18th, 2010)

As you can see in the image at the top of this post, several features stood out to our TUAW team. Mike Rose was first to notice that the art used spray paint rather than finger paint, as you might expect for a tablet event invite. "Could this be a hint of MacPaint Pro?" asked Steve Sande. "That ...

Ballmer reveals some 'slate' PCs, but does not thrill

by Mel Martin (Jan 7th, 2010)

There was quite a bit of anticipation that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would upstage Apple with an exciting new tablet design at his CES keynote last night, but it pretty much turned out to be a dud. After more than an hour of bobbing and weaving through several topics, and quickly skipping over ...

iPhone devsugar: Working with tablet resolutions

by Erica Sadun (Jan 4th, 2010)

Rumors are hitting the ground hard and strong about exactly what to expect in the upcoming (yeah, yeah, possibly mythical) Apple tablet device. And the most important of those rumors, the fact most consistently cited, is the introduction of extra pixels. You might roll your eyes and say, "of course ...

Apple tablet team in a "cone of silence", 10.7 to be previewed

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 1st, 2010)

Electronista summarizes John Gruber's report that a "cone of silence" exists surrounding those developing the tablet and virtually no information comes from those directly involved. Many of the tablet team are reportedly the same as those that developed the Calendar, Mail, and Safari iPhone apps ...

Rumor Mill: Tablet to be large-scale iPhone

by Erica Sadun (Dec 30th, 2009)

Gadget Mix's Tommy Lawson writes that Kaifu Lee's Chinese-language post (Google Translate version) suggests that the tablet will provide eBook functionality, a virtual keyboard, and a built-in webcam, with 10 million units to be produced in the first year of distribution. He adds that Lee's ongoing ...

Could Apple be moving to a spectrum of operating systems?

by Steven Sande (Dec 27th, 2009)

I was eating a late post-Christmas breakfast this morning and perusing my email when I came upon a note from my friend and fellow Apple Consultants Network member Michael Kimble. Mike's been involved with Apple products since before the Mac arrived, so he has seen product trends come and go for ...

iSlate.com and the 'impending Apple slate'

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 25th, 2009)

As we mentioned earlier, MacRumors reported the discovery from Mark Gurman that Apple apparently bought the islate.com domain name a few years back. This name isn't so shocking when you remember the quote from New York Times executive editor Bill Keller at a meeting on October 26th about the future ...

Video: another Apple tablet fantasy

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 12th, 2009)

French site Nowhereelse.fr has published some very cool video of what appears to be a multitouch tablet device. The user is browsing through an electronic version of an Ikea catalog. The device itself is very slim and seems to incorporate a multitude of Apple technologies: cover flow, shake to ...